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Today, we join our portfolio company Jugyah, a proptech startup based in Mumbai, in celebrating its $1.5 million funding round. It's an honor to co-lead the round with our friends White Venture Capital and Godrej Properties Limited as we support Jugyah's goal to make real estate brokerage a standardized product instead of a variable quality service. QED's Head of Asia, Sandeep Patil said it best, “We are excited about Jugyah’s vision to comprehensively solve challenges that buyers, renters, landlords and agents face in today’s marketplace. Arshad and Ansuman bring to bear insights, networks, and energy which can truly make a difference in the everyday lives of middle class India in growing metropolises.” Congratulations to Arshad Balwa, Ansuman Mohanty and the entire Jugyah team. Welcome to the QED family.

Congratulations to these 13 QED portfolio companies named to CNBC's annual list of the world's top fintechs. They span the spectrum of fintech from alternative finance and business process solutions to financial planning, neobanking and payments. Wayflyer, ClearScore, Credit Karma, Current, SoFi, Klarna and Remitly all return from the 2023 edition of the list. They're joined by Albert, AvidXchange, Inc., Flywire, Proper AI, Nubank and Zopa Bank.

A terrific time with portfolio company ClearScore to discuss trends and insights in international lending in our London office last night. Thanks to Portman Wills from Wagestream, Aidan Rushby from Carmoola, our co-hosts Charlie Bailey, Holly Tucker and Justin Basini at ClearScore as well as QED's Yusuf Ozdalga, Gbenga Ajayi and Miles Reidy. Check out Yusuf's post on LinkedIn to dig deeper into the discussion and trends and be sure sure to connect with the QED team if you'd like to chat and learn more. #QEDInvestors #VentureCapital #entrepreneurship #fintech

It's hard to believe that we're already halfway through 2024. In Q2, we launched a global fintech report co-authored with Boston Consulting Group (BCG), celebrated co-founders Nigel Morris and Frank Rotman being named to Forbes' Midas List, traveled around the world to spend time with the global fintech community and cheered our portfolio companies on as several announced notable funding rounds. Cheers to a great second quarter.

Our new head of investor relations, Katherine Tercek, spoke with Axios' Natalie Breymeyer about creating a bespoke approach to cultivating lasting LP relationships and investing globally as a fintech specialist. https://lnkd.in/eFAgwJwn #QEDInvestors #VentureCapital #fintech #entrepreneurship

Today, co-founder and Managing Partner Nigel Morris took the stage in London for the UK launch of our new 27-page paper - Global Fintech 2024: Prudence, Profits and Growth, co-authored with Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The paper, which details the key issues shaping fintech globally, outlines: 9⃣ trends influencing fintech 4⃣ major themes of today's landscape 5⃣ calls to action As you dive into the report, you'll find out why we expect a fintech market size of $1.5 trillion in revenue by 2030, up from $300 billion today, see the implications of the new watchword: prudence, why fintechs will reap the biggest GenAI productivity rewards in the near term, and more. It was a great honor to be joined by the UK-based QED team, our UK-based founders and members of the BCG team. Download the full report, here: https://lnkd.in/eQVmH66U

Last week, co-founder and managing partner Nigel Morris was invited to join portfolio company Mission Lane to lead a Town Hall. He shared his perspective on his role as chairman of Mission Lane, his view on the future of fintech and the opportunities that lie ahead. According to Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and QED Investors' research, which revealed that, with an annual global profit pool of $3.2 trillion on a base of $14 trillion of total revenue, the financial services industry is ripe for innovation. Fintechs are growing faster than incumbents, yet fintech is only 3% of financial services revenue. The size of the prize is truly massive. Mission Lane's commitment to democratizing access to financial products that half of the banks in America typically eschew continues to be a key contributor to the growth of this industry.

🚨New report🚨 What are the key issues shaping fintech globally? We're excited to share our new 27-page paper - Global Fintech 2024: Prudence, Profits and Growth - co-authored with Boston Consulting Group (BCG). 9⃣ trends influencing fintech 4⃣ major themes of today's landscape 5⃣ calls to action 📈 Find out why we expect a fintech market size of $1.5 trillion in revenue by 2030, up from $300 billion today. 🔝 Examine the performance gap found between top-and bottom-quartile fintechs across segments. 🌱 Learn why fintechs need to - and can - improve EBITDA by more than 25 percentage points through a scalable cost structure that will deliver compounding returns as a fintech grows. 👀 See the implications of the new watchword: prudence. 💳 Go deep on embedded finance and why it will account for $320 billion in revenues worldwide over the next six years. 🤖 Check out the numbers showing why fintechs will reap the biggest GenAI productivity rewards in the near term. #QEDInvestors #Fintech #VentureCapital #Entrepreneurship

This week, London-based principal Alexandra Piedrahita co-hosted a lovely breakfast alongside Edwina Johnson to bring together the female fintech angel community in Europe and highlight the incredible work they're doing investing in the space. It's wonderful to see so many talented female investors coming together and we look forward to watching this community grow.

For Aplazo, AI has played a critical role across many aspects of the business. The tools they've designed help to eliminate many of the drop-off points experienced in commerce and enable merchants to run their businesses more efficiently. From fraud prevention and risk assessments to personalized recommendations and customer service automation, AI has enabled Angel Peña and team to analyze a vast amount of data and make real-time decisions at the time of purchase, detect fraudulent activity, tailor product recommendations to individual users and provide more responsive and personalized customer support. Learn more about how Aplazo is leveraging AI to enhance consumer lending in the latest Fintech Thought Leaders podcast. 👇 Links to the podcast in comments.